Sociology
During his career, Anthony has worked as a juvenile police officer, corrections counselor in state prison, and executive director of an urban redevelopment program. In view of this, which description best describes Anthony s career path?
Anthony has been an applied sociologist.
The social science disciple that concentrates on the study of artifacts, social structure, ideas, values, and forms of communication is
Anthropology
The first person to propose that the scientific method could be applied to the study of social life was
Auguste Comte
The two sociologists who referred to society as being a kind of living organism were and
Auguste Comte, Herbert Spencer
Dr. Zahns academic interest is analyzing aspects of society and publishing his findings in sociological journals. In view of this, Dr. Zahn is considered to be an sociologist
Basic
Of the following which discipline is most appropriately classified as a natural science?
Biology
the titles Karl Marx used to describe the two classed in society were the and the
Bourgeoisie, proletariat
The sociologist who developed the concept of the power elite was
C. Wright Millis
The sociologist responsible for suggesting the connection between history and biography to explain the sociological imagination was
C. Wright Mills
Karl Marx suggested that the force that drives human history and is at the core of human society is
Class conglict
The first goal of each scientific discipline is to
Explain why something happens
Which of the following elements did C.Wright Mills attribute as being the one that sociologist would use to explain individual behavior?
External influece
More than twenty years prior to the birth of Durkheim and Weber, Society in America, an analysis of American social customs, was published by sociologist
Harriet Martineau
The term survival of the fittest which is a principle part of the concept of social Darwinism, was coined by
Herbert Spencer
The theorist who is sometimes referred to as the second founder of sociology was
Herbert Spencer
Because of her outstanding contributions to social reform, as demonstrated in her work as co-founder of hull house was a co winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931
Jane Addams
The social thinker of the 19th century who predicted that there would be a classless society once the working class united and began a revolution was
Karl Marx
The wall street Journal has declared that the three greatest modern thinkers were
Karl Marx, Sigmund Freud, Albert Einstein
The contemporary conflict sociologist who pointed that conflict is most likely to develop among people in close relationships was
Lewis Coser
Cindy is interested in how the movement of Maytag production plants and other industries from the mid west to mexico has change the lives of thousands of unemployed workers and their communities. Cindy is conducting a analysis.
Macro level
Max Weber referred to the self denying approach to life characterized by people living frugal lives and saving their money as the
Protestant ethic
What distinction did sociologist Frances Perkins hold in American history
She was the first woman to hold a presidential cabinet position
The notion that only the fittest members for society deserve to survive and that social programs to help the poor will ultimately weaken the social order is a doctrine known as
Social Darwinism
The French sociologist Emile Durkheim is most identified with which of the following areas of study ?
Social integration
When sociologists group people into categories based on their age, gender, education level, job, and income, they are trying to determine
Social location
Sue is an expert in interpreting gestures, silence, the use of space, and expressions people make in their daily interactions. view of this , how would Sues expertise be defined?
Sue is an expert in nonverbal interaction
The American sociologist who focused on social analysis, developing abstract models showing how parts of society harmoniously work together, was
Talcott Parsons
What was the social event that most influenced Auguste Comte to explore patterns within society and become interested in what holds society together?
The French Revolution
The book published by WEB Du Bois in 1899 that analyzed how African Americans in a major United Stated city coped with racism was
The Philadelphia Negro
What is the use of objective and systematic observation to test theories, one that is often employed by sociologist?
The scientific method
The concept that describes opening a window into unfamiliar world that allows us to understand human behavior by placing it within its broader social context is called
The sociological perspective
What did Robert E Park, Ernest Burgess, and George Herbert Mead have in common?
They were among the first faculty members in the sociology department at the University of Chicago
Max Weber used the term Verstehen to mean
To grasp by linsight
The first African American to earn a doctorate from Harvard University, who spent his lifetime studying race relations in America and was one of the founders of the NAACP, was
WEB Du Bois
According to symbolic interventionists, the deciding factor that determines if change in society is good or bad requires
a framework or context from which to view the meaning of the change
Functionalists refer to how parts of society fit together to form a whole as
a structure
According to Max Weber, the Protestant ethic was a central factor in their birth of
capitalism
Which groups of social theorists would focus most on macro level analysis when examining patterns of society?
conflict theorist and structural functionalists
Karl Marx believed that was the central force fore social change , while Max Weber believed that was the force most responsive for social change .
economics, religion
Mark views society as a system of interrelated parts, while john views society as composed of groups competing for scarce resources. Mark would be considered an and John would be seen as an
functionalist, conflict theorist
College provides a haven for several million potential workers who are classifed as students rather than unemployed, which helps stabilize the job market. This situation represents what Merton would describe as a
latent function
According to Robert Merton are the intended beneficial consequences of peoples actions
manifest function
The scientific method requires repeating a study in order to compare the new research result which the original findings
replication
Durkheim referred to patterns of behavior that characterize a social group as
social facts
The sociological perspective emphasizes how the social context influences peoples lives, particularly how people are influenced
society
Sociologist who analyze how social life depends on the ways that people define themselves and others we most likely
symbolic interactionists
Sociology first took root as an academic disciple at in 1890
the University of Kansas
the university that dominated sociology as an academic discipline when Albion small headed the department was
the University of chicago
Conflict theorist would contend that changes in explain the high divorce rates in the United States
the male female power relationship
What quality did Max Weber stress as being the hall mark of social research?
value neutrality